The Brutalist Report

FastCompany

• ChatGPT will decide what Americans buy this holiday [15d]
• European Union slams Elon Musk’s X with a $140 million fine. Here’s why [15d]
• The 2026 FIFA World Cup draw has arrived to D.C. What to know, from process to scheduled VIPs [15d]
• Everyone wants to eat Nvidia’s lunch [15d]
• Block insiders talk about how Jack Dorsey turned Square into a multidimensional financial services giant [15d]
• Cloudflare says it’s investigating the outage that brought down Zoom and LinkedIn [16d]
• Netflix stock sinks as the streaming giant reveals plans to buy Warner Bros. and HBO in $83 billion mega-deal [16d]
• FDA warns faulty glucose monitors are linked to multiple deaths and hundreds of injuries [16d]
• Candle Day 2025: Dates, prices, and what to know about the giant sales event from Bath & Body Works [16d]
• The evolving future of office conversions [16d]
• ChatGPT’s AI lead may be more fragile than we thought [16d]
• iPhone 17 resellers are seeing ‘bulk quantities’ traded in [16d]
• The unexpected winner of the AI data center boom [16d]
• Columbia’s new Star Wars drop walks thin line between cosplay and clothing [16d]
• The Phoenix Mercury rebrands for a world where the WNBA is bigger than ever [16d]
• The difference between genuine authenticity and performed authenticity means everything [16d]
• When the AI bubble bursts, who’ll be left standing? [16d]
• The CEO of Starbucks is making a very big mistake—and it’s destroying what made the company great [16d]
• What’s it like to avoid all media all day long for months? [16d]
• Your company needs a neurodiversity coach [16d]
• AI is reshaping work. It could also spark an entrepreneurial boom [16d]
• 5 research-backed tips for powering through the rest of the year [16d]
• The high-stakes politics of exclamation points [16d]
• How the Macy’s CEO sees retail in a world of tarriffs and shifting consumer habits (and how he gets ready for the parade) [16d]
• Exclusive: 20 years in, this OG YouTube channel is opening a new studio to support its growth [16d]
• Meta stock price: META rises on report that Zuckerberg will cut up to 30% of metaverse division [16d]
• Spotify Wrapped 2025: Eagerly checking your ‘listening age’? Everyone else is, too [16d]
• Weekly claims for unemployment benefits drop to three-year low [16d]
• Trump rolls back Biden-era fuel economy rules, slashing targets for 2031 [16d]
• Trump will discuss the inflation crisis next week in Philadelphia [16d]
• The future for women investors is in danger [16d]
• North Face x Skims is hitting the slopes for a second season [16d]
• Russia blocks FaceTime and Snapchat, tightening its control online [16d]
• Trump to roll back Biden-era fuel economy standards that limit air pollution [16d]
• Hemp-THC drinks were the hottest thing in zero-proof culture. Congress just put them on notice [16d]
• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang lobbies Trump and Republicans over AI chip restrictions [16d]
• Rare disease: Our $1 trillion healthcare reform opportunity [16d]
• The pros and cons of being un-self-aware [16d]
• How an unemployed teacher is changing public education [16d]
• AI’s future runs on water [16d]
• Ralph Lauren reveals Team USA’s uniforms for 2026 Winter Olympics [16d]
• OpenAI must adapt to a world where it’s no longer invincible [16d]
• Kim Kardashian has mastered getting your attention. Now she’s teaching a class on building a billion-dollar empire from it [16d]
• Kim Kardashian mastered getting your attention. Now she’s teaching a class on building a billion-dollar empire off it [16d]
• Adidas scores court victory in San Francisco over failed Ye partnership [16d]
• You’re reading this story thanks to decades of space exploration—but that’s exactly why policies need to change [16d]